Description

Podax is a podcast downloader and and player. Email dan@axelby.com with problems or comments so I can make Podax the best podcast app on the Play Store.

Features include:- keeping a list of subscriptions- downloading new podcasts when they are available- widgets for easy controls- lock screen and notification controls to make it even easier to pause and resume- discover popular podcasts from iTunes or gpodder.net- syncs podcasts and episodes with gpodder.net- open source development at Github

Here's what Podax does with the permissions that it requests:Internet: Updates subscriptions and downloads podcastsRead and write to external storage: Stores downloaded podcasts and subscription imagesGet and authenticate accounts, read sync stats, read and write sync settings, use credentials: Sync with gpodder.netAccess network state: Gives you the option to only download podcasts while you're on Wi-Fi to avoid using all of your dataBoot notification: Sets up the updater and downloader when the phone starts so you don't open Podax after rebooting to find out that it didn't update in a while

My review

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3.4

114 total

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4 24

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Daryl Oo

Keeps redownloading the same podcasts on mobile data I have unselected and removed the podcast and even set it to WiFi only download but it's still obstinately running on mobile data. This needs to be fixed immediately!

Brian J Hoskins

Poor synchronisation behaviour Unfortunately the synchronisation behaviour on my device is extremely annoying; it repeatedly tries to download the same podcast episodes. Even when I select cancel, it simply retries immediately afterwards. There appears to be no way to turn the synchronisation off but I tried setting it to wifi only to at least temporarily shut it up. This results in repeated download attempts labelled 'null'. Uninstalled.

Tim Stewart

Great podcatcher Set up your subscriptions and forget. Been using this for nearly 2 years and love it. Love to support the developer but unfortunately I don't use any of his payment methods. A donate version works be awesome to support him

Ted Margalis

Still getting notifications I'm still getting notification to upgrade to version 7 even though app is fully updated. Be nice if I could choose when it updates, but very good overall.

David Sainty

I'm looking for a replacement for Podax After using this app ever since Listen stopped working I really hoped this app would mature. But it has Terrible performance issues that affect the entire phone's performance in the background, vital missing options and a heap of annoying bugs.

Martin Name

Not so great app anymore Crashes like a windows 98

User reviews

Daryl Oo February 3, 2015

Keeps redownloading the same podcasts on mobile data I have unselected and removed the podcast and even set it to WiFi only download but it's still obstinately running on mobile data. This needs to be fixed immediately!

Poor synchronisation behaviour Unfortunately the synchronisation behaviour on my device is extremely annoying; it repeatedly tries to download the same podcast episodes. Even when I select cancel, it simply retries immediately afterwards. There appears to be no way to turn the synchronisation off but I tried setting it to wifi only to at least temporarily shut it up. This results in repeated download attempts labelled 'null'. Uninstalled.

Great podcatcher Set up your subscriptions and forget. Been using this for nearly 2 years and love it. Love to support the developer but unfortunately I don't use any of his payment methods. A donate version works be awesome to support him

I'm looking for a replacement for Podax After using this app ever since Listen stopped working I really hoped this app would mature. But it has Terrible performance issues that affect the entire phone's performance in the background, vital missing options and a heap of annoying bugs.

Everyone is a critic. I really love that I can keep my podcasts even after listening to them. Hate that I can't play partiality downloaded podcasts (my original reason for picking this player). And am mildly annoyed that I can not organize my libraries / playlist. Update: Either due to update, or device upgrade (rooted HTC one) podax now randomly deletes or "forgets" it has already downloaded podcasts. I must remove and redownload to access. Please fix. I would like to stay loyal, but this is TOO MUCH.

Things broke in 6.x, but some tweaking has helped. Granted, it is a slightly rough-around-the-edges app, and could use some polish, but its simplicity and responsiveness more than make up for it. For those with the "External SD card" problem, just go into a file viewer like ASTRO and move everything under the "com.axelby.podax/files" folder on the internal SD card to the same location on the external SD card (you may have to do this each time you download new podcast episodes). There is still the quirkiness with the app wanting to re-download already downloaded podcasts, but that is a minor annoyance at times. Easily 4 stars - just for the simplicity.

Great app, latest fixes did wonders There was a rough patch a couple of revisions ago with a lot of bugs, but since the update that came out around the beginning of this year it is again a terrific, stable, lightweight podcast player/manager. No ads, plays and updates podcasts nicely. I have it set to only download when on wifi (I think that's the default). It does store the podcasts on my external SD card, there may be some confusion because there's a greyed-out preference to change your storage. I'm on Android 4.0 on a fairly budget phone (2yrs old).

One of the best I have found Wish it was easier to add a feed rather than having to go there in a browser then copy and paste the link. Will only sort by date and no eat to change that. It's no iTunes, but other than that this is an excellent player that needs little intervention to keep all my podcasts up to date.

almost perfect (update 9/6/2013) Update 9/6/2013: So I just got a Nexus 4 running 4.3 and podax runs TERRIBLE, the widgets seem fine, but the app itself is really messed up, it launches quick but the interface struggles to scroll or accept tap or hold inputs. Best replacement I've found for Google listen, but there are a few annoyances. The interface in the main app could be cleaner/more modern android, and I had occasional problems with podcasts pulling their image off other feeds. My biggest gripe though is that podcasts are downloaded into the app directory, (why can't we define where to save them?) and the file names are random numbers (why not use the feed filenames!?). I know this probably doesn't affect many people but on the occasion I want to pull the file off my phone onto my PC or something it's a pain.

Almost, but not quite, perfect. Sure, it has a few bugs and quirks. If I have a podcast paused and I get a text it will start playing in my pocket for example. But, the UI is great, it's simple to use, it's a great little app and its both ad free and free to download. I'd heartily recommend it.

Excellent podcast player I was using Google Listen until Google killed it. Looking for a basic replacement that just downloads over wifi and plays podcasts. Podax has 2 features I use that Listen didn't. It has controls on the lock screen to pause and play without having to unlock. It also has an automatic resume when connected to Bluetooth, so that it automatically resumes my podcasts when I get back in my car. I tried beyond pod and others but I like Podax's simple, well laid out interface. It shown a few bugs since I have switched to CM10. On the notification screen it shows a stop button when nothing it playing so it is not possible to resume playing from the notification screen.

Pretty good Seems to work quite well. I guess you can't complain too much when the app is free. There are some parts that need improving: the times are usually wrong, there's no way to arrange the queue except in release order or manual, you can't set how many previous pods to download per channel.

Extremely terrific. Simply works. Comes with the first podcast I wanted -- This American Life -- and it was easy to add others. No ads. Plays stuff. By default only downloads when on wi-fi, but you can make it use your data connection instead. Listening to Marc Maron's WTF right now, no skips no probs.